As a former China hater, the one nation that consistently made me apologise for underestimating them has been China.
I think pessimisn on the Chinese role in geopolitics at this stage in history might be unfounded or without meaning, especially since the economic trend has been pushing China closer with the global south.
I was never a China hater, but I don’t think China is going to do much to help socialism. Still, current Chinese foreign policy is a massive improvement compared to how horrible it was in 1970-80s.
I don’t think China is going to do much to help socialism
China is certainly not gonna be the USSR in its aggressive support for other revolutions, but they take seriously fraternal socialist and revolutionary relationships. They have a single defensive alliance: with the DPRK. They provide substantial energy aid to Cuba, as we’re discussing here, and a lot of food. They propped up Venezuela’s economy through oil purchases and did the same for Iran (not socialist, but its own revolutionary thing, you know). They’re very involved in aiding agricultural and energy development in the AES, especially Burkina Faso. They’ll build a deeper relationship with a socialist nation when they get the chance.
As a former China hater, the one nation that consistently made me apologise for underestimating them has been China.
I think pessimisn on the Chinese role in geopolitics at this stage in history might be unfounded or without meaning, especially since the economic trend has been pushing China closer with the global south.
I was never a China hater, but I don’t think China is going to do much to help socialism. Still, current Chinese foreign policy is a massive improvement compared to how horrible it was in 1970-80s.
China is certainly not gonna be the USSR in its aggressive support for other revolutions, but they take seriously fraternal socialist and revolutionary relationships. They have a single defensive alliance: with the DPRK. They provide substantial energy aid to Cuba, as we’re discussing here, and a lot of food. They propped up Venezuela’s economy through oil purchases and did the same for Iran (not socialist, but its own revolutionary thing, you know). They’re very involved in aiding agricultural and energy development in the AES, especially Burkina Faso. They’ll build a deeper relationship with a socialist nation when they get the chance.